THE SALE OF THE VICTORIA CROSS AWARDED TO CORPORAL SAMUEL MEEKOSHA, 1/6TH BN, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, HAS BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION BY SOTHEBY'S OF LONDON. |
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3rd May 2001 |
The sale of the Victoria Cross awarded to Corporal Samuel Meekosha took place at the auctioneers Sotheby's, on 3rd May 2001 and was sold to a private buyer for the hammer price of £92,000. ( The WWII medals of his son Felix, who served in the Royal Engineers, were also sold at the same auction ). |
For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 22 January 1916 ]. Near the Yser Canal, France, 19 November 1915, Corporal Samuel Meekosha, 6th Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment.
For most conspicuous bravery near Yser, Corporal Samuel Meekosha was with a platoon of about twenty non-commissioned officers and men, who were holding an isolated trench.
Samuel Meekosha was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on 4th March 1916.
( Privates Johnson, Sayers and Willkinson, of the same battalion, received the DCM for assisting Meekosha ).
Samuel Meekosha died on 8 Deember 1950, aged 57, at his home in Oakdale, Monmouthshire ( now Gwent ) and was cremated at the Glyntaff Crematorium, Pontypridd, where his ashes were removed by his family. There is no memorial. |
Iain Stewart, 5 May 2001